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News from CDASCDAS publishes a monthly newsletter with details of many events both nationally and internationally that we feel may be of interest to you. All back issues of the newsletter are posted here, but if you would like to receive a copy as soon as it comes out, please email us, putting CDAS newsletter subscribe in the title of your email. We are happy to let our subscribers know of events and conferences you may be planning and can include details of these on our website and/or in our e-newsletter. Email cdas@bath.ac.uk with details of your event.
In this issue - April 2012
The Centre for Death & Society, University of Bath, together with the Diocese of Guildford and MHA (Methodist Homes) are convening a Symposium at Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, to explore spiritual dimensions of ageing. This invited symposium, held over three days in May, will bring together an international group of leading researchers and writers on spirituality and ageing. The main aims are to distil the latest advances in knowledge and thinking and to engage in vigorous discussion about how we can interpret this learning for the benefit of older people and those who seek to serve them. Four themes connect the papers to be presented:
It is anticipated that these papers will form the basis of a book. If you would like further information on this symposium, please contact us at cdas@bath.ac.uk
The Diversity of Death & Dying The ad-hoc group will address questions regarding the diversity of death and dying from various international perspectives. Social practice concerning death and dying has undergone major transformations in recent years and decades. Death, often a predictable event at a high age, occurs in hospitals, retirement homes or hospices i.e. death is being ‘outsourced’ to institutions which determine processes and procedures, However, this standardisation is accompanied by a diversity of new phenomena, which indicate an individualisation of death and dying, ranging from euthanasia and patient decrees to memorial websites and natural burials. The new diversity shows that the influence of social norms is declining and society as a whole does not unanimously share the attribution of sense. At the same time however, taken aback by the death of one its members, a community calls for norms to stabilise itself. With regard to these transformations, we ask how social cohesion is maintained in spite of increasing diversity. How can death be integrated in a pluralistic society? Furthermore, how can the autonomous act of a decision present a problem? How can lie considered to be meaningful facing alternating conditions? And which new forms of cohesion are developing in the course of this process? We would like the participants of the ad hoc group to follow these questions. We also welcome papers with international perspectives. Please submit an abstract (max 300 words) and brief biography (max 200 words) to Antje Kahl (antje.kahl@tu-berlin.de) and Nicole Sachmerda-Schulz (sachmerda@uni-leipzig.de) no later than 10 May 2012.
Research Studentships (MPhil/PhD) in the Faculty of Health and Social Care The Faculty of Health and Social Care at The Open University is seeking high-quality applications for funded full time studentships and self funded part time students. The Faculty’s research focuses on the following areas: ageing and later life; reproductive and sexual health; death and dying; living with a disability and/or long term condition; children and young people; parenting and families. Our research draws on various methodologies and forms of analysis and much is based on multidisciplinary work across the social sciences, in particular drawing on medical sociology, critical psychology, anthropology and other critical, applied social sciences. The Faculty has a lively post-graduate student community undertaking wide-ranging research both in the UK and internationally. Studentships commence from autumn 2012. Applicants must normally reside in the UK for the duration of the studentship. For detailed information, and to apply online, go to http://www3.open.ac.uk/employment; or contact Faculty Research Office, Tel: 01908 858373 or e-mail hsc-research-enquiries@open.ac.uk The closing date is 12 noon on 26 April, interviews will be held in June. Equal Opportunity is University Policy
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